Inside the Factory

Inside the Factory - Season 6 Episode 2 Socks

2026-02-03 55 minutes.
7.90 15 votes

Season - Episode

10 Season 10 Dec 23, 2025
9 Season 9 Dec 22, 2024
8 Season 8 Dec 26, 2023
7 Season 7 Dec 22, 2021
6 Season 6 Dec 27, 2020
5 Season 5 Jul 30, 2019
4 Season 4 Jul 17, 2018
3 Season 3 Jul 18, 2017
2 Season 2 Jul 26, 2016
1 Season 1 May 05, 2015
0 Season 0 Dec 20, 2016

Overview

How a Leicester factory makes one and a half million socks annually. What causes smelly feet, and which socks tackle it best. How a cotton spinner in Manchester produces 4,200 miles of yarn every hour. A revolutionary eco-cotton supplier. The history of 1980s sock fashion, and how the 'Kitchener stitch' helped save the feet of British soldiers in the trenches during the Great War.

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